Working With Serious Mental Illness
Elsevier Health Sciences (Verlag)
978-0-7020-8033-3 (ISBN)
Aimed at nurses and healthcare practitioners working with mental illnesses such as severe depression, bi-polar disorder and psychosis, this book provides solutions for engaging and working with patients and their families. It vividly presents lived experience and the recommendations of patients, then proceeds through developing and implementing effective interventions and how to reflect on patient relationships to ensure sustained success.
Easy to read and packed full of practical tips and strategies, this is the ideal book for all healthcare practitioners working with patients with serious mental illness, their families and their carers. It will also be valuable reading for staff working in acute and community mental care settings who lack specialist training in serious mental health disorders, for nursing students, mental health nurses and general nurses working in mental health, primary care and community settings.
Focuses on the lived experiences, observations and recommendations for practitioners of people who use mental health services
Combines theory and practice in a skills and intervention-based approach
Presents down-to-earth intervention ideas designed for practitioners working at the front line
Practical advice is provided in a user-friendly, clearly accessible way
Contributions from experts and editors who are leaders in their field
All content fully revised and updated to reflect changes in mental health service provision
New chapters on Parity of Esteem, Working with the Principles of Trauma Informed Care and Looking After Ourselves
All-new colour design and format
SECTION 1 Promoting Understanding
1 The User's Voice: What We Need to Hear
2 Social Participation
3 Stress Vulnerability Model of Serious Mental Illness
4 Working With the Principles of Trauma-Informed Care
5 Where Does PSI Fit With Recovery?
SECTION 2 Engaging, Assessing, and Agreeing Care
6 Building Relationships
7 Assessment in Practice: Diagnosis
8 Consolidating the Assessment Process
9 Parity of Esteem
SECTION 3 Working With the Person
10 Modern Risk Management
11 Dealing With Voices and Strange Thoughts
12 Assisting the Person With Motivation
13 Assisting Families and Informal Carers
14 Assisting the Person With Drug and Alcohol Issues
15 Working With Anger in the Context of Serious Mental Illness
16 Working With Complex Cases
17 Assisting the Person With Medication
18 Recovery: Assisting the Person to Stay Well
SECTION 4 Considerations for Effective Practice
19 Understanding the Cultural Context
20 Looking After Ourselves: Wellbeing, Resilience, and Self-help Strategies
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 09.03.2022 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 35 illustrations; Illustrations, unspecified |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 216 x 276 mm |
| Gewicht | 480 g |
| Themenwelt | Pflege ► Fachpflege ► Neurologie / Psychiatrie |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7020-8033-0 / 0702080330 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7020-8033-3 / 9780702080333 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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